CVE-2002-2197 Unknown vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a program that uses /dev/poll, t
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-2197 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2002-2197 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 16 Nov 2005.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2197 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2197/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2197/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-2197?
CVE-2002-2197 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 16 Nov 2005.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a program that uses /dev/poll, triggering a NULL pointer dereference.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2197?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2197?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2197 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-2197 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2197 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f884-vg73-f48f.